Vegetation management to reduce fuels and improve forest health-diversity through commercial contract and prescribed fire. Additional projects may include forest pre-commercial thinning; road decommissioning; fisheries passage improvements.
Location
The project location is about 7 to 15 miles southwest of Darby, Montana and includes National Forest Service lands on both sides of the west fork of the Bitterroot river.
Project timeline
1
NOI in Federal Register
12/20/2007
2
DEIS NOA in Federal Register
04/10/2009
3
FEIS NOA in Federal Register
07/26/2010
4
Decision
06/2010 (Estimated)
5
Implementation
09/2010 (Estimated)
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 215 |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Noxious Weed Treatments; Timber Sales (Salvage); Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Lower West Fork Project Record of Decision | Decision Signed Date: 06/28/2010 Legal Notice Date: 07/26/2010 |
| Forests | Bitterroot National Forest |
| Districts | West Fork Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | sect 27-36-T2N, R21W; sect 5-8, 17-20, 29-32-T1N, R20W; sect 1-29, 34-36-T1N, R21W; sect 1, 12-15, 22-25-T1 N, R22W;sect 6-T1S, R20W; sect 1-4, 9-12, 14-16, 21, 22-T1S, R21W; Principal Meridian |